Author: Sandra Radlovacki

Google’s AI Is Phoning Businesses for Pricing and Many Aren’t Answering, Survey Reveals

Google’s AI is picking up the phone and calling local businesses to ask for pricing, and a new study shows many businesses are failing to respond. Introduced in July 2025, Google’s AI option in Search can check pricing at the US...

PCI Pal Speeds Up MCP Support to Secure Payments in AI Conversations

PCI Pal has announced plans to fast-track support for Model Context Protocol (MCP), a new open standard that helps conversational AI systems connect safely with external services. The update, expected to be available in the coming months, aims to help...

Gartner: AI Hasn’t Shrunk CX Workforces, Yet

Amid ongoing debate about whether artificial intelligence will replace frontline service workers, new research from Gartner suggests the situation is far more nuanced. A survey of 321 customer service and support leaders found that only 20% have reduced agent headcount...

Oracle’s AI Agents Aim to See Everything Happening in Your Business

During its Q2 2026 earnings call, Oracle described a growing push toward AI agents and their role in helping enterprises use their data more effectively across customer-facing operations. While the call covered cloud revenue, infrastructure expansion and multicloud growth, the...

easyJet Taps Emplifi to Boost CX

CX and social media marketing platform Emplifi has partnered with easyJet to strengthen the airline’s customer care operations across social media, using AI-powered tools to improve response times and service consistency. The collaboration will see easyJet adopt Emplifi’s customer care platform,...

AI Is Racing Ahead of Employee Confidence, Survey Reveals

AI has been promised as the great unlock for productivity. Faster workflows, smarter scheduling, and less admin for overstretched teams. However, the reality is vastly different. UKG’s new 2026 workforce outlook suggests something much simpler is holding companies back: trust. The HR...

Thoma Bravo Finalises Verint Takeover

Thoma Bravo has officially completed its acquisition of Verint, closing the deal on November 26, 2025 and moving ahead with its plan to merge the CX automation provider with portfolio company Calabrio, which it acquired in 2021. The transaction brings together...

Enterprises Are Pouring Money Into AI They Don’t Trust

Big AI budgets are becoming the norm across enterprise tech, even as confidence in autonomous systems remains hard to find. New research from Workato surveyed more than 600 technology decision-makers and found that only 6% currently trust agentic AI to handle...

27% of U.S. Workers Would Rather Get a Root Canal Than Attend the Office Holiday Party

This December, plenty of workers would rather book a dentist appointment than open an office holiday party invite. Apparently, mandatory cheer doesn’t land the way it used to. New national research conducted by Censuswide on behalf of social-connection nonprofit Sunny found...

Riyadh Air to Become ‘World’s First AI-Native Airline’, Powered by IBM

Riyadh Air has announced a partnership with IBM that will see the Saudi Arabian carrier become what it claims is “the world’s first AI-native airline”, building its operations entirely around AI from launch rather than layering technology onto legacy systems....